Folding crib.



No. 823,321. PATENTED JUNE 12,1906.

- L. DEJONGE, J3.

FOLDING CRIB.

APPLIOATIOH IILED DECI. 9 1905.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1 BY W ATTORNEYS PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

L. DEJONGE, J3. FOLDING CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED DEU.9. 1905.

LOUIS DEJONGE, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING CRIB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed December 9, 1905. Serial No. 291,098.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS DEJONGE, Jr., a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Stapleton, borough of Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Folding Crib, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, and economic construction of a crib whereby the, crib may be closed and readily moved from one place to another and whereby allthe parts can be quickly and effectually disconnected and folded up,

making a compact parcel for transportation cation, inwhich similar characters of referol' the crib.

ence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. V

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved crib set up for use, portions being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the crib folded for storage or for transportation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame of the crib set up. Fig. 4 is .a vertical central section through the complete crib. Fig. 5 is a detail view, partially in perspective and partly in section, illustrating theapplication of a pivotal eyebolt to the legs of the crib. Fig. 6 is an end view of the head portion of the crib, parts being broken away. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the head of the crib, the view being drawn upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse section through a side rail Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are detail perspective views of ortions of the frame for the hood of the crib, and Fig. 12 is a dc tai} perspective view of a foot-section of the CIl In the construction of the frame of the crib four legs A are employed. The legs are in two pairs, one pair being at the head and the other pair at the foot of the frame. The legs of a pair are crossed at or about their central portions and are pivotally connected by eyebolts 10, (best shown in Fig. 5,) the eyes 11 of the bolts being at their inner ends. Corresponding legs A are connected at their lower ends by longitudinal bars| 12 and at their upper ends by parallel bars 13. The ends 14 of the connecting-bars 12 and '13 are reduced in diameter, as particularly shown in Figs. 7 and 12, so as to form shoulders 14*, which shoulders abut against the inner faces of the legs when the reduced ends of the bars have been passed through suitable apertures in the legs.

The connecting-bars 12 and 13 are held in position relative to the legs A by cotter-pins 15 or their equivalents, passed through thr reduced ends of the bars adjacent to the 0U:

side of the le s. The pairs of legs are spaced apart by latch-bars 16, pivoted to one leg of a pair at its upper end portion, the opposite ends of the lat'chbars being provided with v hook-heads adapted to recei keepers secured to the other legs of the airs. The frame of the crib is braced by links 18, pivotally connected with the eyebolts 10,

which links have eyes 19 formed at their lower ends, and hooks 20 are pivoted to the lower connecting-bars 12, adapted to enter the eyes of the said links, 18, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Each leg A is preferably provided with a socket 21, attached to its lower end by bolts 21*, which sockets are adapted to receive the shanks of casters 22, as is illustrated in Fig. 12. The main frame of the crib is provided with a hood or canopy frameB at its head portion, and the said canopy-frame consists of a series of members detachably connected one with the other and likewise with the main frame.

In the detail construction of the canopyframe' B two uprights 23 are removably secured to the upper longitudinal bars 13 of the main frame at its head portion, and a cross bar 24 is connected with the upper ends of the uprights 23 by means of hinges 24". Between the centers of the longitudinal bars 13 and their head ends two other uprights 25 are removably attached, and a cross-bar 26 has a hinged connection 26 with the uprights 25, as is illustrated in Fig. 3. After the two sets of uprights 23 and 25 have been placed in position on the main frame of the crib a bracebar 27, which is pivoted on the cross-bar 24,

(see Fig. '10,) is carried longitudinally of the main frame to the cross-bar 26, which latter bar 26 is fitted in a recess 28, made in the under face of the brace-bar 27, as is illustrated in Fig. 9. a

The body. 0 of the crib is made of canvas, a fabric or other suitable material and is rec tangular in general contour, having end sections, side sections, and a bottom section.

The side sections of the body C are each provided with a hem 29, (see Fig. 8,) and the upper lon itudinal bars 13 are assed through the sai hems, as is shown in l ig. 1, whereby the body C is supported from the main frame.

A canopy or hood C is preferably made integralwith the head end of the 'body C and said cano'p' is'provided with a vertica rear panel 30, side panels 31, and a top panel 32 .and after the canopy-frame has been erected @[hen the crib is to be acked for storage or for transportation, the inks and hooks 18 20 are disconnected, the longitudinal bars 12 and 13 are removed from connection with the legs A, the slats 34 are removed from the bottom portion of the bod and the canop -frame is taken down and is olded u and a l of vthe various parts are then broug t ,-as'near as possible in parallelism and are wrapped u inthe said body, and after the parts have een assembled and tied, as specified, they can be placed in a suitable cover 35,

as shown in Fig. 2. Strings 36 are provided for securing the flaps 31 of thecanopy when the crib is set up.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patenti 1. A folding crib, com risin a framecomposed of pairs of crossed egs, t e members of the pairs being pivotally connected by eyebolts, removable upper and lower longitudi nal bars connecting the corresponding ends of 'the legs, hooks connected to the lower bars, rods engagin the eyebolts and having e as for engaging t e hooks whereby to brace the frame, and a bod of yielding material removabl supported hy the frame.

2. fo ding crib, com risin a frame composed of pairs of crossed egs, t 1e members of the pairs being pivotally connected by eyebolts, removable upper and lower longitudinal bars connecting the corresponding ends of the legs, hooks connected to the lower bars, rods engaging the eyebolts and having eyes for engaging t e hooks whereby to brace t e frame, a body of yielding material removably supported by the frame, and slats regiog ably placed in the bottom portion of the 3. A folding crib comprising a frame composed of pairs of crossed legs pivotally connected at their point of intersection, removable upper and lower longitudinal bars connecting the corresponding ends of the legs,

braces connecting the intersection of the legs.

with the respective lower longitudinal bars, and a body of yielding material removably su Y ported by the frame.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, LOUIS DEJONGE, JR. Witnessesf JNo. M. Rrr'rsn, J. FRED. ACKER. 

